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@nitro v 'tsts @einer @frn ALBERT. s. WILKINSON, 0F PAWTUCKET, RODEISL-AND.4 i Letters PatentNo. 61,972, dated February i867..

IMPROVBMBNTIN Hesse-suomi.

TO ALL WHOM` IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, ALBERT S. WILKINsoNyof Pawtucket, Vin the lcounty ofProvidence, and State of Rhode Island, lhave invented a new and improvedRacing Horse-Shoe; and I do lhereby declare the following to be -a full,clear, and exact description of the same, sul'ieientA to enable oneskilled in'V the art-toiwhiclrthe invention appertains to make use ofit, reference hcing had to lthe accompanying drawing, which forms apartofithis specification, in'which-i-q v Figure 1 isa top view of myimproved racing shoe.

Figure 2 is a side View of the same; and i Figure 3 is a rear view.

My improved racing shoe consists in a very light stoel shoe, having acontinuous `clip.runr.ing around the shoe, which gives it great4vert-ical stiffness, .and more thoroughly protects the edge of the hoof,the said con-A tinuous clip being elevated more'at the toc, and havinga. novel eombinationof heel clips. No nail'rfastcnings are required, theattachment being ahutton-fastening'of theheel clips, which, inconjunction with the peculiar form of the 4latter and the continuousclip, serves to hold the shoe in place, and permits freelateral-ex'pdansion.

A A, in. the accompanying drawing, `is-the body of the shoe, and BB bVis a continuous clip, running .entirely aroundrtheshoe. This continuousclip is more-elevated at'the toe,"as shown ntB, nnd also vat the heel`l) b. This shoe is made accurately to fit the foot, is then sprung on,and secured' at thc'heel by the button'z', which is introducedY throughthe lbutton-hole z, andth'eu the compressing pressure -is removed, andVthe neck of the button is carried into the side slot by the expansionofthefoot andshoe whenrelensed. The heel clips are elevated, andthebuttonrtie on `said heel clips isattach-ed high upahove the bed plate,:1.nd the heel clips have u .peculiar formation, vwhich, consists ofarms, g, projecting forivaril ,andV upward over the coronet of1 ,thcheel 4from eachA heel clip. These arms hold the heel of the shoe tefthefoot, and,`in 'connectionwith theihgh-toe 4clip` B and continuous c lipB, hold the shoe to the foot in aV secure ,and reliable manner, withoutother than i;lrc button fastening described. The, ends g 'g ofthe-armsextendfoiu'ard each side of the'coronct-of the heel, and their innerupper edges jj are curved on the top of the coronet, having afsoftlining between the heel clips bvb and vthe heels, and between the armsgg and kthe hoof, and a thicker audsofter lining under the curved part oftheextension arms gg, making their bearing comfortable andsafe;` and,owing to the shape o f theextenv sion gg, and to the soft interveninglining, all necessary/ freedom isV given 'to the quarters and heels.This shoeV is also provided with bar4 elips,ff. i i i I Y I i Havingthus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, 'and desire' tosecure hy Letters Pat-ent, is-

A.contnuous clip, B B b, gj, in 'combination with the har. A, elevatedat the toe B and heel 6, and having the arms g j extending upward, andtaking hold of-the`hcelof the f`oot,`tlhe heel clips'being fastened bythe button fastening h z', -substantially in the manner and for thepurpose set'forth, i Y

" Y 'l ALBERT S. WILKINSON.

Witness es:

E. P. PATERsoN, W. W. BLODGETL Iii, v il: l

